Rail-joint.



POWELL 0. ADAMS, OF :QAMERON, TEXAS; RAIL-Jenn i Specification of Letters Patent.

" ratenteeo'an. 21,1908.

I Application filed January 9. 190'?- Serial No. 351.414. I i

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, POWELL O. ADA-Ms, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cam eron, county of Milam, State ofTexas, have invented certain new and useful Im royements in Rail-Joints, of which the fol owmg" is a specification.

This invention relates to rail ways, and the objectis to construct joints for railway rails whi'chwill be stron and urable and simple inconstruction an particularly to construct joints which will present asmooth tread for the wheels of locomotives and trains.

On manytracks of railways there is a-con stant bumping of the wheels a ainst the ends of rails and the cross tiesQ- jacent to the joints often becomeloose because the joints yield downwards. One of the: advantages of my invention is that this humpin of the; wheels a ainst the rail joints is avoi ed and I j peels over the juncture of the shoulders 11 the. ties 0 not require ballasting so often.

Other objects and advanta es will be fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more [particularly pointed out in the claims.

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Reference is had to [the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specification and application.

Figure l is a perspective view of a railjoint, showing the sections of two rails. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the ends of two abutting rails prepared for my improved Fig. 3 1s a perspective view of the improved rail joint removed from the rails.

Fi 4 is a cross-section of the rail substan-.

tia 1y along the line :2: cc of Fig. 1, showing the.

manner of bolting the joint to therail and the manner of fastenim the joint to the cross-tie. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the brace and bolts for clamping the rail-joint and its brace to the ends of the abutting rails and for binding the joint to the crossties. Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the severalviews. 1

The improved joint is formed of asin le piece-of metal, and is adapted to en age tie ends of the abutting rails 2 and 3. "The rail 3 is 'cut away at 4 and 5, and has the'entire ball cut away at 6, and a part of the web 7 is cut away at 8. This rail 3 has the flan e cut away more on the side 5 than on the si e 4. The part 9 ofthe rail is received in the groove 10 of the rail-joint. The flange 11 joints for railrails.

' ers 20 and 21.

of therail' 'joint 1 abuts against the flange 12 of the rai l. The fiange 13 .of the rail-joint abuts against the flange 1 4. [The groove 10 in the rail joint conforms in shape to the shape of the end of the -rail. 3. Therail 2 is cutaway at 15 and-161 The partof the ball 16, which is'notcut away,- 'fills the groove 17 in vthe rail-joint.

The shoulder 18 abuts against the; shoulder 19. The shoulder 20 abuts a ainst the shoulder 21 of the railjoint'. e web 8 of the rail 3 and the web 22 of the rail 2, being partly cut away, abut in the groove in the under side of the railjoint 1.' .Attention is called :to the fact that the shoulders -12 and 14- and 20 and 18 are not opposite each other, but are offset each relative to the other. The advantage of this construction is to prevent.the .jolnt from being weak and causing a bumping of the A wheel would pass over the uncture of the shoulders 13 and- 14 before it would When the wheel passes over the joint 1, the wheel would pass over the juncture of the shoulders 18 and 19 before it would pass over the juncture of the should- The juncture of "the part 9 of the rail ball with the rail joint is located at a different point from the joints 1]. and 12, and 13 and 14. The juncture of the part of the rail ball 16 is at a different point from the juncture of theparts 18 and 19, and 20 and 21.

The rail joint is secured to the ends of the abutting shoulders by means of bolts 23, and 24. The bolts 23 and 24 will hold the joints and abutting rail securely to ether. The

rail 3 has-holes 27 for the b0 ts 23. The

rail 2 has holes for the'bolts 24. The rail joint is made rigid with the track.

The rail-joint 1 is secured to the ties in the following manner: Iron braces "29 are secured to the cross-ties 30 by means of bolts 31. These braces 29 have upward projecting flanges 32, and are set in recesses in the cross-ties. The braces are thus held securely against lateral motion. The bolts 31 project up through the flanges 34 of the rail:

joint. The rail-joint is thus. secured permanently to the ends 'of the abuttin" rails, and by means, of bolts 31 the rail-joint clamps the rails to the braces 29 and to the rail tie '30. It will be noticed that the railjoint 1 takes the place of a art of the ball of each rail, and that the rai -joint is made of a single piece of metal, and having grooves m the under side and ends to engage the] i "as [block rjmetel 7 thereof and fi of said rails hfii ends of the abutting rails when the ends of these'rails have been prepared, as shown in Fig. 2;

Y The rail-joint is clamped on theends of the abutting rails by means of the. brace 29 and ,bolts 31;.- The braces 29 have seats for 1; In a rail;"-jointiioig railwayrails cornthe ends-of two abuttingrails and, a recesses-in each end em the under slde, each away and "portion M cut away whereby; said balls are rec'ei theflanges of its ball reducedportions of 2. A'rail joint. for railway rails comrising the ends of two abutting rails and a book of metal having generally'the shape of railway rails with recesses in' the ball of each end. thereof, each abutting rail having a portion of itsb'all cut away and the flanges of a further portion of its ball cut-awa to form a juncture with said block of meta said block of metal having a groove in the underside to time of. the flanges of said block (1 rails being ortion' of its'ball cut ,ediii'the i'e'cesses, in said f block ofmetaLt- I receive the ends of the abutting webs of said rails 3. A'rail joint for railway rails co rising I the ends of two abutting rails and 'a b ock of metal' having generally the shapeof railway rails with recessesin the balls of each end thereof, each abutting rail having a portion.

of its ball cut awayand the flanges of a further portion of its ball cutaway to form a juncture with said blockof metal, the jamat each end with fiangesatone side of -sai off setrelative to the uncture of the flanges entire-opposite side of said rails, said block ofi-Inetal' having'a groove in the underside to receive they-abuttingwebs of said rails. I 4-. A-railjoint forrailway rails comprising the ends of two abutting rails, a block of metal having" recesses in each end thereof and-agroove in the underside, eachof said rails having a portion of its ball cut away and Iiortions of the flanges of its ball cut away whereby the reduced portions of said balls are. received in the recesses in said block of metal, and a brace having a seat therein for clamping said block of metal and the-ends of the rails together.

In'testimony whereof, I set my hand in the presence of two Witnesses, this 3rd day .of October, 1906.

v POWELL o. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

A. L. JACKSON E. WALLINeToN, 

